Posts Tagged ‘ Canada ’

Odds are the murder of ex-Hells Angels member Juel Ross Stanton last week in Vancouver, BC Canada won’t be solved. Stanton, 41, was kicked out of the East End Chapter of the Hells Angels just three months before he was gunned down outside his Vancouver home. He is among seven B.C. men linked to...
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Ken Murdock was a hired killer for the Mafia in Hamilton, ON Canada who took out, among others, Niagara Falls mobster Carmen Barillaro and Hamilton mob boss John Papalia. From prison he spoke to Peter Edwards for The Toronto Star about the life: Ken Murdock’s voice is surprisingly polite when he discusses the dos-and-don’ts...
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Juel Ross Stanton, a reputed Hells Angels member from the East End chapter in Vancouver, ON Canada, was gunned down with multiple shots in a drive-by at his home at 6:15 am. Stanton was charged last April on several weapons and assault counts in connection with an alleged series of bar attacks, and he...
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The RCMP reports organized crime groups are laundering cash through some casinos in Canada but lacks the resources to investigate.  Money laundering by organized crime groups is rampant at Canadian casinos but police are essentially doing nothing to combat it, according to an internal RCMP report obtained by The Vancouver Sun through the Access...
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In the Little Italy section of Montreal, Canada someone threw a Molotov cocktail into Café de la Petite Italie, on St. Dominique St. sometime after 4:30 a.m. Friday. The fire caused very little damage to the café, part of a three-story residential building at the corner of Dante St. Police speculate that at least...
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The Canadian government announced it has added eleven crimes involving prostitution, gambling and drugs to the category of "serious offenses."  This would bring them within the umbrella of existing organized crime legislation which provides investigators with more power to conduct wiretaps and subjects lawbreakers to enhanced penalties. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said "such crimes...
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The Canadian police in Winnipeg, MB raided and seized the reputed Hells Angels club house pursuant to a court order.  "The house has allegedly been used as a site to plan and carry out criminal activity such as money laundering. That makes it liable for forfeiture under the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act." Source: Winnipeg...
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MONTREAL – Gerald “Gerry” Matticks is scheduled to be released long before the end of his 12-year prison term. Matticks, reputed leader of the West End Gang, will reach his statutory release date on Aug. 6, the two-thirds mark of the sentence he received in 2002 after pleading guilty to several charges related to...
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In Canada the "New Democratic Party is calling on the British Colombia government to review possible abuse by organized criminals of B.C.'s gaming establishments" in connection with multiple transactions that may indicate money laundering by gamblers. NDP Critic Shane Simpson wrote to B.C. Minister Rich Coleman Tuesday after learning the B.C. Lottery Corporation had...
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Canadian authorities told Antonio Coluccio last March that he was ineligible to remain in the country because of suspected ties to the 'Ndrangheta. Coluccio  who was a former Toronto resident was among the subjects targeted in a raid by Italian police against the criminal organization which swept up over 300. Coluccio on Tuesday was...
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